WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee's chairman says Democrats can "absolutely" defeat President Donald Trump in 2020 and Democratic victories this week show they "can win everywhere."

Asked what the party learned in 2018 that could be applied to the 2020 presidential campaign, Tom Perez said "we have to expand the electorate" and "compete everywhere."

Perez says the committee will give guidance on the presidential candidate debate calendar soon and he expects more debates than in 2016.

In Tuesday's election Democrats gained majority control of the House. Data gathered by AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of 115,000 voters and 22,000 nonvoters, suggest Trump's positions on the courts and border security cost the Republican Party seats.

Perez spoke Thursday at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast.

Trump says Vice President Mike Pence will be his running mate in 2020.

ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams broke the rules of politics until the very end.The Georgia Democrat who came about 60,000 votes shy of becoming America's first black female governor refused to follow the traditional script for defeated politicians who offer gracious congratulations to their victorious competitor and gently exit the stage.

NEW YORK (AP) — Even before they announce their White House intentions, New Hampshire's ambitious neighbors are in the midst of a shadow campaign to shape the nation's first presidential primary election of the 2020 season.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida political icon whose career highlight may have been a trip on the space shuttle, conceded his bitterly close re-election bid to Republican Rick Scott on Sunday, ceding a razor-thin race to the outgoing governor after a tense and sometimes turbulent recount.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Andrew Gillum, who tried to energize Florida's young and minority voters through a Democratic coalition seeking to end two decades of Republican control of the governor's office, ended his hard-fought campaign Saturday as the state's first black nominee for the post.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Andrew Gillum, who tried to energize Florida's young and minority voters through a Democratic coalition seeking to end two decades of Republican control of the governor's office, ended his hard-fought campaign Saturday as the state's first black nominee for the post.